Digger



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

WILLIAM enses, OE CANTON, oI-IIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 462,043, dated October 27, 1891. Application filed April l0, 1891. Serial No. 388,387. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GIBBs, a cit-izen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Diggers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure lis a view showing the digger placed in proper position to be entered into the.

ground. Y Fig. 2 is a detached view of the upper part of the handle, showing the lock-lever properly located thereon. Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the lock-lever yoke and the locking bracket, showing the lever locked.

The present invention has relation to diggers; and it consists in the different parts and combination of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the handle, which may be of any desired length. To the handle A is pivotally attached the yoke B by means of the clamping-bolt a and the elongated slots h. The yoke B is provided With the socket C,which is for the pnr pose of receiving and holding the lever D.

To the handle A is securely attached in any convenient and well-known manner the locking-bracket E, which locking-bracket is located substantially as illustratedin the drawings. Thelocking-bracketE is provided with the ledge or shoulder c, which is for the purpose hereinafter described. The yoke B is provided with the flange or web d, which is for the purpose of engaging the ledge or shoulderp, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. To the yoke B is pivotally attached the connecting-rod F, the opposite end of said connecting-rod being securely attached in any convenient and well-known manner to the bail G, which bail is pivotally attached to the scoop or blade H. The top or upper end of the scoop or bladeH is pivotally connected to the bottom or lower end of the handle A.

ln use when it is desired to enter the scoop or` blade into the ground or other material the blade is placed or set in the position illustrated in Fig. l, and after the scoop or blade has been filled the lever D is turned or 1Forced downward until it assumes the position illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, which in turn brings the scoop or blade substantially at right angles to the handle A, as illustrated by the dotted lines, Fig. l.

For the purpose of locking the scoop or blade H at right angles to the handle A the ledge or shoulder c is provided, which ledge or shoulder engages the flange or web d when the lever D is placed at right angles to the handle A. For the purpose of causing the flange or web d to automatically engage the shoulder c the elongated slotsb are provided.v

lt will be understood that after the scoop or blade Il has been properly filled with dirt or other material and the same locked at right angles to the handleA its load can be elevated by the handle A. For the purpose of preventing the scoop or blade H from becoming accidentally released after it has been placed at right angles to the handle A the ledge or shoulder c is adjusted somewhat higher than the clamping-bolt a, as illustrated in Fig.. 3.

It will be understoodthat by providing the elongated slots b the yoke B will be jpermitted to move back and forth on the clamping-bolt a, said clamping-bolt being so adjusted that the yoke B will easily move on said clamping-bolt. It will also be understood that when the scoop Or blade H has been properly locked, it can be elevated by the handle A independent of the lever D.

For the purpose of providing a bearingpoint for the lever D said lever may be eX- tended through the socket O, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and is so adj usted that its end will come in contact with the handle A after the flange or web d has been disengaged from the ledge or shoulder c.

It will be understood that a projection can be formed either on the handle A or the yoke B and the same object accomplished that is accomplished by extending the' lever D through and beyond the socket C.

It will be understood that by extending the lever D through the socket C or providing an extension the flange or web d will be drawn over onto the shoulder c.

By providing a means for lockingthe lever TOC D at right angles to the handle A said lever can be released by the operator and both hands applied to the handle A when it is desii-ed to lift the dirt or material located upon the scoop or blade H.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the handle A, the pivoted yoke B, the locking-bracket E, provided with the ledge or shoulder e, the flange or web CZ, the lever D, the connecting-rod F, and the scoop or blade II, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination ot' the handle A, the pivoted yoke B, the locking-bracket E, provided With the ledge or shoulder c, the flange or Webd, the elongated slots b, the lever D, Iche connecting-rod F, and the scoop or blade l-I, substantially as and for the purpose speeled.

In testimony that I claim the above Ihave hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM GIBBS.

Vitnesses:

CHAs. H. Grises, E. A. C. SMITH. 

